Financial markets and institutions
By: Frederic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins.
Contributors: Eakins, Stanley G.
Edition: 6th ed.
Series: Prentice Hall series in finance
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 675
ISBN-13: 9780321374219; 9780321552112
Subjects: Financial institutions -- United States; Money -- United States; Money market -- United States; Banks and banking -- United States
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why study financial markets and institutions?; title: Overview of the financial system; title: What do interest rates mean and what is their role in valuation?; title: Why do interest rates change?; title: How do risk and term structure affect interest rates?; title: Are financial markets efficient?; title: Structure of central banks and the federal reserve system; title: Conduct of monetary policy : tools, goals, strategy, and tactics; title: The money markets; title: The bond market; title: The stock market; title: The mortage markets; title: The foreign exchange market; title: The international financial system; title: Whay do financial institutions exist?; title: What should be done about conflicts of interest? : a central issue in business ethics; title: Banking and the management of financial institutions; title: Commercial banking industry : structure and competition; title: Savings associations and credit unions; title: Banking regulation; title: The mutual fund industry; title: Insurance companies and pension funds; title: Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms; title: Risk management in financial institutions; title: Hedging with financial derivatives; title: Finance companies.